Dare to Dream Bigger

Oh Freak.

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:28:01 -0400

I always feel like I worked a lot more hours than I actually do………

Crap— time to go ham and get these projects done by Friday so I can pay my rent this month……………. LOL

… Where did all my money go?! T_______________T

#61

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:16:14 -0400

Any execution movie I watch, I will cry a freaking river.

I must not have drunk enough water today. All that crying is giving me a headache, I think I lost too much water in my body……..

welaughandplay: preach Mr. Feeny.

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:11:09 -0400

welaughandplay:

preach Mr. Feeny.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 17:10:57 -0400

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Tue, 14 May 2013 17:10:49 -0400

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I just realized

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:56:00 -0400

I’ll probably be working 50-60 hours a week along with taking an online class starting June.. why I thought that was a good idea….. beats me.

omg, what did I get myself into………..

Goodbye summer. Goodbye friends. Goodbye life.

I can only laugh at this point. LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Quick photo of my new hair color! Just got some low lights....

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:25:58 -0400

Quick photo of my new hair color!

Just got some low lights. I’m happy. (:

3:41 am

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:44:34 -0400

You know that feeling you get when your heart feels heavy and you feel like there is something you need to get out, but you can’t quite put your finger on what exactly that is…? Well that’s how I feel at the moment, and it is very frustrating… bleh. I should just go to bed now.

The Offensive Grace of God & Dzhokhar.

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:34:32 -0400

The Offensive Grace of God & Dzhokhar.:

disregardless:

These have been some very dark days for our country. And honestly, these last few years have been …

Mmm. Good read.

Forgetful

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:17:18 -0400

In the end, it’s not worth it. But I always tend to forget that in the moment.

Julia

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:41:05 -0400

Trailblazer- Ready to press into uncharted territory claiming it for the Lord, you celebrate Him every step of the way. / You fight for people to see the Lord. Even in the midst of your struggles, you find joy in Jesus.

Shadow of His Wings- You cling to God’s nearness, pulling other people into your safe refuge. / Even in the way you disciple others, your dependence on the Lord is evident, and in that, knowing you don’t have all the answers, you point to Jesus.

Answered Prayers

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:05:00 -0400

Sometimes my judgement can be super cloudy and I’ve come to realize how weak my conscience is. It’s quite sad actually. And though I feel I have good intentions- my actions may say otherwise.

“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?” - Jeremiah 17:9 (NLT)

I feel like I’m always deceived, mainly because I still have my underlining desires and my sin. Though I know what is good, I don’t always do it. Why? Partially because I’m stupid, lack discipline, and partially (out of many different reasons that could be listed) because I haven’t quite grasped the idea of what it is to die to yourself- not in a way of a burden and slavery, but out of freedom and joy in Christ.

When I try to show people I’ve done a good deed, my pride builds, and out of love, Christ is quick to humble me. This statement in fact clearly shows my personal desires for glory. Which is my first problem out of many.

“Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” - Matthew 6:1-4

Though I feel dumb as …., I am thankful. At this point, I can only laugh at my lesson of arrogance. I knew I was weak, but I didn’t realize I was THIS weak and how much more of Jesus I need and of his strength.

“Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the kingdom of heaven.” - Matthew 5:5

I’ve been praying for humility and a heart of repentance as lately God’s been showing me how prideful and arrogant I am. That sure was a humbling moment. Thanks. Haha..ha. …………… lulz.

Trying to decide what to do with my hair while it grows. As of...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:03:17 -0400

Trying to decide what to do with my hair while it grows.

As of now I’m leaning towards the first picture. Maybe with low lights… hmm…

Your thoughts? (:

For those of you looking for some new Christian music...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:25:05 -0400

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGCMblog?feature=watch

Worship/ Indie/ Acoustic/ Hip-Hop

Aww yeeeeaah

"I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and..."

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:55:01 -0400

“I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real.”

- Marc Jacobs (via fakeville)

So much to do tonight.....

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:27:33 -0400

but I can’t focus… Why am I on tumblr…. no… stop it Julia….

get back to work. T________T hiiiiiiing~

Hmmm

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:27:54 -0400

I feel kind of sad. I don’t know why.

Or maybe I do, but I don’t want to admit that’s the reason…

I'm more prone to bite my cheek because either

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:52:59 -0400

1) I got really fat so my cheek fat keeps squishing inside

2) The insides of my mouth are swelling because of my sickness

…. as much as I want it to be #2, I have a feeling it’s because of #1…

Dang.

The Gospel

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:40:49 -0500

Do whatever it takes for you to re-realize how good it is. Seriously. Saying “it’s so worth it” doesn’t even describe it. Like, all the stories of the people who gave up everything to have it doesn’t seem so crazy any more… omg, what is this?! Am I crazy? AHAHHAa. GOOD. AAHAHAHAHA.

… But where sin increased, grace increased all the more.

YEAHYUUUUUUUH

J.S. Park: What is a Christian supposed to look like?

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:28:27 -0500

J.S. Park: What is a Christian supposed to look like?:

jspark3000:

I know a few Christian dudes — several of them pastors — who regularly smoke cigars and drink beer and wine. Does this bother you? Because they’re some of the best Christians I know.

Some are into metalcore, wear huge lip rings and gauged earrings, have tattoos like a second skin, and spike their hair into stilettos. Some curse like crazy, don’t pray before their meals, love MMA, read Cracked.com, and watch Key and Peele.

Some read horoscopes, watch The Daily Show, watch rated R movies, despise Chris Tomlin, can’t stand Christian books, and could care less about your politics. Some, at times, even doubt the existence of God.

Does this mean they’re not Christian?

Is a Christian supposed to be nicer? Gentler? Well mannered? More polite? Happier? Holier? Rich and successful? Full of doctrine? Republican? American? Calvinist? Going to seminary? On the praise team? A regular tither? Anti-something? Pro-whatever?

All of those are totally fine of course — but they do NOT define a believer’s faith.

The Christian loves Jesus and loves people. It is not less than this, but probably not that much more.

If we’re boxing Christians into our preconceived categories, we are limiting the limitless imagination of God. God can do His incredible work through people completely unlike me — so the best thing is just to get out of the way.

Not every Christian has to think like you or me.

We are like-minded in our love of Jesus: but we don’t have to think alike anywhere else. Jesus smashed all those human categories in both his life and his death.

What you see as a lukewarm Christian might just be someone who is on the first go-around. What you see as a hypocrite could be like Peter, who clung onto old Jewish rituals and was still repenting of his old life. Some people are on the first lap of learning biblical truth and we don’t need to rush them to a “finish line of faith.”

Since God is so ridiculously patient with us, then we don’t get to play a judgmental version of God with others. None of us get it right every time or most of the time or even half — and almost never the first time.

If you keep yelling “stumbling block” everywhere because you expect church-people to act “more Christian,” maybe no one else is playing by your made-up rules. Perhaps you’ve created a false over-sensitive moral standard that is defined by churchianity but is hardly biblical. That’s calledlegalism. When someone doesn’t fit your stereotypical view of a Christian, you’ve already shortened the arm of God.

Everyone is accountable, but everyone is also being chiseled in their personal relationship with Christ — and you are not the judge of that. You don’t get to judge someone’s life over a tiny slice of their lifetime.

A Christian is not defined by his progress, but by his Savior. She is not defined by the amount of her faith, but by the object of that faith.

Jesus is simple enough for the five year old and true enough for the eighty-five year old. He excluded no one on the cross. He is for everyone. He is even for people like you and me.

A Christian looks like Jesus, who had enough room in his heart for the full spectrum of humanity. I pray for a bigger heart like his.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

— Galatians 3:26-28